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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/reddit@lemmy.world

AccidentalRenaissance has no active moderators due to Reddit's unprecedented API changes, and has thus been privated to prevent vandalism.

Resignation letters:

Openminded_Skeptic - https://imgur.com/a/WwzQcac

VoltasPistol - https://imgur.com/a/lnHSM4n

We welcome you to join us in our new homes:

https://kbin.social/m/AccidentalRenaissance

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/accidentalrenaissance

Thank you for all your support!

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[-] VoltasPistol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 104 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh damn, that's us!!

We'd wondered where the nearly 1.9k subscribers came from completely out of nowhere!

So, yeah, a lot of people are hating on us for creating one of Kbin and one on Lemmy, but we had our reasons: Basically, neither handled images very well and we saw that these two services did basically the same thing and that typically leads to the weaker project getting cancelled down the line, so we decided our safest bet was just to make one of each, just in case. Better safe than sorry.

We might consolidate them later, but for now just pick whichever you like best. :)

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

Just want to say, "it's been swell, but the swelling's gone down" is a fantastic turn of phrase that I will be stealing

[-] VoltasPistol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I stole it from Tank Girl first, but I don't think she'd mind.

[-] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 year ago

We'd wondered where the nearly 1.9k subscribers came from completely out of nowhere!

LoL, that's really great! 🤣🤣🤣

Basically, neither handled images very well

You can always use these to upload image

On lemmy you can use this code to display image

![](https://some.site/image.jpg)

[-] VoltasPistol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago

It wasn't the way images uploaded, it was more that kbin's image previews absolutely skullfucked the aspect ratio of anything that wasn't roughly in a 3:4 aspect ratio, making a bunch of deeply touching photos look like goofy funhouse mirrors.

We were like, "Shit.... Is.... Is this on purpose? Are the people behind kbin some kind of weirdos who believe in 3:4 aspect ratio supremacy??" so we thought, "Eh..... Maybe we'd better make a Lemmy too, in case kbin doesn't figure their shit out".

Because, honestly? Our faith in humanity was at an all-time low and we were running out of time before people began leaving reddit for new platforms. Throw everything against the wall and see what sticks, right?

[-] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

It wasn't the way images uploaded, it was more that kbin's image previews absolutely skullfucked the aspect ratio of anything that wasn't roughly in a 3:4 aspect ratio, making a bunch of deeply touching photos look like goofy funhouse mirrors.

I can only suggest to use mobile app. So far I don't see any problem with image handling on mobile app. On desktop and mobile browser you might want to use voyager https://vger.app

[-] VoltasPistol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

It isn't personal preference, I'm trying to do what's best for my community, mobile and desktop users alike.

[-] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

O yeah. On desktop. I do suggest vger(wefwef)

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Are you going to merge/consolidate the topics/posts from each of the two servers with each other, or just keep two sets of posts/topics, one on each server?

[-] VoltasPistol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

We feel it's still too soon to make that choice but it's a possibility in the future.

[-] BuckRowdy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The good thing is that on lemmy it looks like you can delete communities.

[-] VoltasPistol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

We probably wouldn't delete it, just leave a link at the top explaining we've migrated and lock it so it isn't accepting new posts.

I wouldn't want someone who submitted a treasured photo and got a bunch of positive feedback to lose it forever in the name of ruthless efficiency.

[-] BuckRowdy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Just saying it’s an option that um, other sites don’t have.

Yeah that's a good option that I WISH Reddit had... had. But only for the creator maybe?

By the way I'm commenting this on the mlmym thing you made!

[-] BuckRowdy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well I didn’t make that, I found it. Reddit used to have a bunch of these too. Anyway I saw someone ask the admin of the server to incorporate it and make it available if you went to old.Lemmy.world. He said maybe. @ruud please?

[-] clueless_stoner@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Better pick one and work on that only, rather than cutting your possible userbase in half. You don't want to have two seperate communities doing the same thing, by the same people. You came from Reddit, so just stick to Lemmy! :)

To add to that, there was a bit of a time limit in which we had reason to believe we needed to secure the name so that it wouldn't be taken by certain persons and then just sat upon with no activity.

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